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Shooters urged to help declining Ring Ouzel population
PEOPLE who shoot in the North West of England have an opportunity to help tackle a population crisis involving a declining migratory bird which favours upland areas.
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Green Shoots conservation grows in Wales with NRW funding
BASC’s Green Shoots conservation programme is to be expanded across Wales with the help of a grant of £137,000 from Natural Resources Wales (NRW).
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Game shooting facts in new BASC infographic
Half a million hectares of woodland and 100,000 hectares of copses are actively managed by game shoots in the UK. 430,000 people shoot game and 97% of shot game goes into the food chain. Just some of the facts in a new Game Shooting infographic from BASC
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Sea trout spawning grounds in North Wales protected by local shoot
Work to improve and protect riverbanks and vegetation on sea trout spawning grounds has been carried out by a local shoot on the Llyn Peninsula in Wales through BASC’s Green Shoots conservation programme, supported by Natural Resources Wales.
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Green Shoots Mapping review to boost shooting’s conservation credentials
More than 1,000 individuals and shoots are now using BASC’s interactive online Green Shoots Mapping system which allows people to make bespoke maps of their shooting grounds and to record species and habitat information which feeds into BASC’s Green Shoots Programme.
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Water Voles Benefit from Shooting and Wildlife Conservation Work
A major project to protect a threatened population of water voles has been completed thanks to close co-operation between the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and the Dorset Wildlife Trust.
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Watch out for woodcock and wigeon
BASC members are being asked to use a revolutionary online mapping system to record the arrival of migratory species such as woodcock and wigeon. The information will help to build up a valuable picture of different species and the environment. Woodcock are wading birds which typically rest in woodland during Read more…
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More than 1,000 areas of shooting land mapped with BASC
More than 1,000 areas of land used for shooting have been signed up to the British Association for Shooting and Conservation’s (BASC) Green Shoots Mapping programme, a secure online system which records species and habitats of national importance found on land managed for shooting. The mapping programme, created in 2012, asks Read more…
BASC South East
Game Management Evening in Buckinghamshire
Our first game management evening held at Rectory Farm near Tingewick was very successful and even though at 3.00pm the evening was looking likely to be a complete washout the rain eventually stopped before everyone ventured out around the shoot to the different talks and demonstrations. Everyone was welcomed to Read more…
